Ferning

Anyone know a good site that talks about ferning. Ive decided to give Maybe Baby another go, as well as FF and OPK's. Any suggestions, advice??

Maybe Google "ferning" I am sure you will find a lot of sights on Maybe Baby and ferning.

Good luck. :)

Try the maybebaby australian site...



getinmybelly

Hi Amanda,
Best of luck with your ferning. I am using one at the moment, but it is a different brand. My friend (the one having twins) fell preggers using it the first time and she had been trying for 11 months. I know of a couple of people who have had good success with it. Just make sure that the saliva is totally dry and don't put on too much or it can take forever the see the dots or ferns.

I fell pregnant the first time I used it but unfortunately that moment of joy didn't last too long. I used it properly this time and I have less than a week left of the TTW, so I can let you know then.

Fingers crossed for you :)

Hey Ness.

Just out of curiosity which brand did you try?

Mel

Mel,

Ive got the Maybe Baby, is there another brand that you use ?

It is called Lady Free Biotester, the brochure has a fax number 9727 3522 or phone 03 9727 3440. Not sure how old the numbers are though. I think it originally came from the US.

Hope that helps. :)

Ness,

How much luck have you had with the saliva test ?? Ive been using it for a month, and honestly it all looks the same.... I have no idea when im supposed to O next and have been using OPK's everyday in case I miss my opportunity, is that terribly sad or what!

Hi Amanda,
I still don't know what luck this cycle will bring with the Ladyfree (like the Maybe Baby) but I could definately see ferns around the time I was meant to be O'ing. They actually look like little ferns when they dry, otherwise they look like dots, kind of like cells. At first I didn't think it was working for me either then I finally saw the ferns.

Make sure you do a test first thing in the morning, before eating or drinking anything. But, having said that I would have a tiny sip of water so everything wasn't all squished together. LOL, aren't we lucky, spitting on things in the morning, checking CM during the day.

I used the OPK's too, but once I went through a whole packet with nothing but faint lines. I gave up on that, otherwise I'd be spending a fortune.

A health nurse who works at the school I am at told me that you usually O about 14 days before your cycle is going to start. Depending on your cycle that should give you a rough idea. The ferns are meant to show up about 3 or 4 days before and stay about 1 or 2 days after O. Try searching the net for the ladyfree biotester as I found a little info about it when I frist started using it.

Best of luck and let me know how the ferning goes. Just make sure you let it dry completely, sometimes I would even leave mine dry for an hour.

Take care and fingers crossed for you :)

Can someone tell me, with the Maybe Baby thing, is it basically just a mini microscope? Is there any reason I couldn't use a normal microscope to look at it?

I've often wondered that too FionaJill. Does anybody know the answer to that one?

I've only been using Maybe Baby for the last month and unfortunately didn't see any ferns at all #-o :mad: I was positive I ovulated that month though due to the change in my CM.....i'm hoping this month I get ferns!!!

FionaJill and Inspiration, I am sure I read that someone used a microscope, I assume it would do the same thing provided you let it dry.

Well if there isn't actually an active ingredient mixed with your saliva or something like that with maybe baby, then a normal microscope would work just fine, probably even better really as it would be of better quality then the maybe baby thing for sure..

I might grab a few slides from work and spit on them and see.

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I might grab a few slides from work and spit on them and see.

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if you didn't know this was a pregnancy forum...that comment would stump a few people..lol

:D :)

LOL Yes I can see what you mean! hehehe

Overheard in the local footy clubs locker room

"Yeah mate, I'm just gonna grab a few slides from work n spit on em!"

\:D/ :D

PMSL. You girls are priceless!

He hee hee you guys crack me up!! :D
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hi there,
i noticed this thread and thought I would reply. I have just bought the maybe baby product yesterday! my hubby and I have been trying for number 2 bub for only 2-3 months and I have been told by other successful preggo girls that this is the thing to use.

I did a test this morning just to get use to it....left it for about 20-30 mins and then looked at it...dots came up fine so later on I hope to see those ferns !!

What did you girls pay for the product? I bought mine at a discount chemist for $66.

Well just to make it even more interesting, I was talking to a friend lastnight about the whole Ferning thing. I asked her how it actually works (she is a midwife). She started telling me that you use a swab thats taken from the Vagina. But then corrected her self saying thats how it use to be done.

Now picture the comment " I might grab a few slides from work and spit on em and see"

LMAO!!!

I need to know if this has happenned to other people.... I have been using the Maybe Baby and got plenty of 'dots' after my period and then got some fern like patterns but not heaps....this only lasted one day and then when I did it the next day I got dots again....it was about day 13/14 of my always regular cycle and we did do some 'baby dancing'

BUT I expected to see more ferns and for longer too.... I also did a urine ovulation test and only got a faint line and a test line...

What do you think? Do I not produce enough estrogen?

hi again...still wondering about why I am getting mixed results on the maybebaby...

just read another post and one lady said you should not drink anything for at least 3 hours beforehand....well, I do the saliva test first thing in the morning, but I ALWAYS seem to wake up about 5am or so and have a drink, go back to sleep and then do the test about 6:30am... could this be affecting it?

I always have water by my bedside and sip it a couple of times during the night...

could also explain the faint line on the urine ovulation test? oh, I don't know........I just want to get pregnant!!

Hi Runnermum,

I believe that having a drink will give you mixed results, how much so I don't know.....

But just wanted to say goodluck with TTC.

thanks fiona... for the support...

Right now I am going without anything to eat or drink for 2 hours so I can do a test....I think I am past my fertile period this month, but I just want to see what happens..

well, hubby and I did all we could this month, so again, it is waiting time...

sometimes I wonder how we ever concieved our first gorgeous child...

I always have those damn pebbles and never any ferns. Last month I only had partial ferns. So I emailed the lady from Maybe Baby and she said it's probably b/c you're not licking it when you first get up every morning to which I replied I am and then she said "well some women have low oestrogen levels but it's worked for many women" - grrrr.

These are the sites I read up on it all with:

www.maybeit.com/
www.maybebaby.com.au/
http://www.ovulation-calculator.com/microscope.htm
http://thefertilityshop.com/saliva-o...-predictor.htm

thank you moshimoshi....

Having a look at the links you sent, i think that drinking water in the two hours before I did the test is what may of caused me to get little or no ferns!! I hope so anyway...

thanks so much for the links and what you have experienced